Product & Industry Updates
Extraction Fans for Indoor Swimming Pools & Chlorine Ventilation
We all know that chlorine is widely used to treat water for swimming pools in leisure centres and domestic pools. Through the process of pool water evaporation, an indoor swimming pool will continuously produce huge volumes of chlorine or salt-water vapour. The temperature humidity in the air and ...
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New Launch: I-Series Backward Curved EC Plug Fans
To complement the existing range of backward curved plug fans, Axair now launch the latest in high efficiency plug fan manufactured by Rosenberg Ventilation with German engineering expertise: The I-Series Impeller
The high airflow orientated I-Impeller is made from 5 backward curved, hollow ...
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Our Champion takes 7th place at Manchester Marathon
Axair Refrigeration’s running champion; Director Robert Burn, achieved 7th Place in the male veteran over 55's category at Manchester Marathon on 3rd April 2022. With a total time of 2:49:12, this places him in 8th position overall for the Veterans over 55 UK GB rankings. As stated on Manchester ...
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Industrial Fans for the Food Processing Industry
Industrial fans are widely used within the food processing industry for a range of applications including fume and dust extraction, drying, heating, cooling, material handling, packaging, general ventilation, supply air and air filtration. Operation teams are often targeted on increasing the ...
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ATEX Fans for Marine & Offshore Hazardous Areas
Given the corrosive and potentially hazardous nature of the marine and offshore environment, a number of variables need to be considered when selecting ATEX fans, equipment and components for marine and offshore applications. Fans within ventilation systems can be found in various areas of an ...
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Ecofit Forward Curved Centrifugal Fans with AC or EC motors
Our range of single inlet forward curved centrifugal fans are manufactured by Ecofit and are available in both standard AC or energy efficient EC versions.
In forward curved centrifugal fans, the air is drawn in from the side inlet and changes direction as it is forced out of the top exhaust via ...
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1992 – 2022: Celebrating 30 years of Axair Fans
The 30th March 2022 marks 30 years since Axair’s incorporation date in 1992. The Axair team are celebrating in full team spirit with plenty of tea and a custom designed cake sporting the Axair Fans Logo. Balloons, party hats and blowers are at the ready for a fun packed day of sales and ...
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Air Measurement Tools for SprayBooth & Refinishing
Spray booths require regular maintenance checks to ensure optimal efficiency and adherence to industry specific safety standards. The supply air in a spray booth needs to be tested with an airflow measuring device to determine accurate volume airflow, air velocity and ambient temperature and to ...
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Positive & Negative Pressure Airflow in Spray Booths
Spray booths must ensure an equal volume of air is coming into and out of the booth to achieve a balanced airflow. This is achieved with the use of an intake fan and an exhaust fan. The exhaust fan draws substantial quantities of air out of the booth to ensure the air change rate remains consistent...
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Industrial Fans for Maximum Combustion in Waste Wood Renewable Energy Systems.
Businesses operating with a wide range of wood materials and high waste disposal costs may want to consider utilising the waste by using renewable energy systems. Wood waste to energy systems such as biomass boilers are a great solution for timber processing Industries that produce daily piles of ...
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ATEX Fume Extraction for Landfill Organic Waste
Landfill gas is a natural by-product produced by the microbial degradation of biodegradable organic material present within the landfill. The degradation process takes place in five stages as described later. The transition from one stage to the next being dependent upon many characteristics and ...
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The Role of the Industrial Blower Fan in Residual Waste to Energy Incineration.
Waste to energy incineration systems are a sustainable option for reducing the amount of municipal waste ending up in landfill. The heat generated from combustion processes in these systems produce a renewable source of energy contributing to UK and global energy generation. Waste energy plants ...
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3 Key Airflow Styles in Spray Booth Ventilation
When choosing the right impeller for your industrial spray booth there are a few things to consider that can assist with ensuring you get the best performance, one of these is airflow style. Airflow style and the type of spray booth chosen in automotive, aerospace or industrial paint booths can ...
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Centrifugal Blower Fans for Combustion Burning of Medical Waste
Centrifugal blower fans inside medical waste incinerators provide the right amount of oxygen to provoke rapid combustion at full capacity. Incinerators provide an environment with the perfect mixture of combustion air, gases, and vapours to ensure all dangerous medical waste is burned off. The ...
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EX Rated Fans Available on Short Lead Times
Axair Fans UK Limited distributes EX rated ATEX Category 2 Zone 1 metal centrifugal fans for indoor or sheltered outdoor installation. All metal ATEX products are manufactured by Casals and are accredited by Notified Body LOM as satisfying the standards contained in ATEX Directive 94/9/CE. We've an...
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ATEX Concepts: Understanding Temperature Classes & Maximum Surface Temperature
In many industrialised countries, during manufacturing, treatment, transport and in the storage of goods, gases, vapours or mists are produced or leaked into the environment. Flammable dust can also be produced which in combination with the oxygen in the air can create a potentially explosive ...
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Reversed Backward-Curved Fans in High Performance Densely Packed Control Panels
Let's give Ecofit's range of AC reversed backward curved motorised impellers a little bit of a moment right now. These types of fans were initially introduced for the Railway industry many years ago due to their ease of maintenance, enabling rail engineers to due a quick swap of existing units in ...
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Wellisair Transport Test Confirms its Ability to Reduce Bacteria
The growing awareness of air purification and decontamination devices has seen a rise in the number of organisations now trialling specific devices such as the Wellisair to determine just how effective this technology really is. The unit is currently being used worldwide, and has this year, ...
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Low Pressure Fans Make it Snow for Christmas Adverts
Christmas adverts, retail window displays and seasonal films are always complemented by a layer of white, freshly laid snow. As many of you will know, this snow isn’t real, and artificial snow and effects are big business. As the saying goes….there’s no business like show business…. Or in ...
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The Importance of Fume Extraction Fans During Embalming Processes
Fume extraction fans are a crucial part of the ventilation equipment used in industries undertaking embalming processes. The process of embalming involves removing all the fluids from the body and replacing it with a chemical embalming solution. The body starts to decompose quickly so this process ...
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Positive & Negative Air Pressure Rooms
Maintaining positive or negative air pressure is an important metric in cleanrooms located in hospitals, labs and other manufacturing facilities, ensuring a clean, non contaminated air supply. In multipurpose rooms, a well designed ventilation system can switch the flow from positive to negative, ...
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Electric Motor Efficiency Regulations & Energy Consumption
Converting electrical energy to mechanical energy is not always very efficient so the fact that one of the biggest energy consumers of any product is the electric motor isn’t all that surprising. The most common type of AC motor, the induction motor, has been around for over 100 years but with ...
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ATEX Fans - Making the Right Choice
The specification and purchase of ATEX fans is difficult enough given the need to understand and meet the various directives and regulations governing their special application. Once having found an ATEX fan that satisfies a particular risk assessment there is the added problem of trying to find a ...
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Energy Efficient EC Plug Fans for Fan Filter Units (FFU's)
Optimising the performance of an FFU based system within cleanroom and containment applications offers significant energy saving opportunities. High efficiency EC technology lies at the centre of reducing energy consumption in fan filter units, even when systems vary due to airflow path and ...
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